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PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1477647865

Valerie MerlMD

Emergency MedicineEspanola, NMI
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INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024
No data available for this provider in 2024.
PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024
Total Rx claims
189
Beneficiaries
—
Total drug cost
$1K
Distinct drugs
8
Brand share
28.0%
Top prescribed drugs
Cephalexin42 claims
Ibuprofen37 claims
Prednisone24 claims
Azithromycin22 claims
Ondansetron19 claims
QUALITY · MIPS · 2024
Final MIPS score
88.7
Quality
82.3
Cost
76.6
Improvement activities
40.0
Promoting interop.
100.0
Payment adjustment
0.58%
Group
MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024
Total beneficiaries
215
Unique beneficiaries
—
Total services
223
Distinct HCPCS
2
Medicare payment
$24K
Peer benchmark
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Total Medicare services vs. 325 Emergency Medicine providers in NM — above median (cohort median 215).
REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Valerie Merl's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 16 inbound referrers · 36 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from
Inbound — who sends patients here
PhysicianPatientsVisits
PRESBYTERIAN HEALTHCARE SERVICES2871,098
Salvadeeswaran Lakshmi-Narayanan
Pulmonary Disease · Espanola, NM
42141
RYAN, WILLIAM2870
Samuel Southam
Diagnostic Radiology · Provo, UT
2755
Jeremy Logan
Diagnostic Radiology · Bend, OR
2555
TRICORE REFERENCE LABORATORIES2186
Melissa Sugar
Internal Medicine · Espanola, NM
1938
PRESBYTERIAN HEALTHCARE SERVICES1842
ALLEN, KATHLEEN1833
Duncan Lill
Diagnostic Radiology · Albuquerque, NM
1630
Fernando Bayardo
Emergency Medicine · Espanola, NM
1455
Laboratory Corporation Of America
Clinical Laboratory · Dallas, TX
1432
Refers patients to
Outbound — where patients go next
PhysicianPatientsVisits
PRESBYTERIAN HEALTHCARE SERVICES130543
James Montesinos
Diagnostic Radiology · Albuquerque, NM
66153
Salvadeeswaran Lakshmi-Narayanan
Pulmonary Disease · Espanola, NM
44145
Randall Sellers
Diagnostic Radiology · Albuquerque, NM
4491
Berndt Schmit
Diagnostic Radiology · Dallas, TX
4398
ST VINCENT HOSPITAL40115
RYAN, WILLIAM39104
Sean Mullen
Diagnostic Radiology · Albuquerque, NM
3053
PRESBYTERIAN HEALTHCARE SERVICES2658
TRICORE REFERENCE LABORATORIES24100
Melissa Sugar
Internal Medicine · Espanola, NM
2250
Stephen Carroll
Diagnostic Radiology · Albuquerque, NM
1842
Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.